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The Latest Breaking News from Western Australia

Calls for reform at troubled WA youth jail

Western Australia's government is likely to be exposed to compensation claims over its treatment of children in detention, a prominent barrister says.

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Mark McGowan forced into isolation as expert warns against easing COVID restrictions too soon

Premier Mark McGowan is forced into isolation as an infectious diseases expert warns a deeper look into how COVID is spreading in Western Australia is needed before restrictions are eased further.

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WA's youth prison 'inhumane': inspector

An independent inspector says conditions at Western Australia's only juvenile detention centre are inhumane and children's rights are being violated.

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Unions warn against PM's industrial plan

Scott Morrison has used a trip to Western Australia to announce two new hydrogen hubs but unions have warned against a plan to reform industrial agreements.

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Industry anger after Defence spends $90 million on second-hand vessel in Canary Islands

Defence officials have quietly travelled to the Canary Islands and bought a five-year-old ship for Pacific Ocean operations, angering the local industry which was expecting the ship to be built in Western Australia.

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Morrison pledges WA defence industry jobs

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has used an election campaign visit to Western Australia to announce a $121 million patrol vessel investment.

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New funding for troubled WA youth prison

Western Australia's government will invest $25 million into the trouble-plagued Banksia Hill youth detention centre in next month's budget.

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Two injured in WA plane crash

A pilot and passenger have survived a crash landing near an airport in Western Australia's remote north.

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WA past COVID-19 peak but mask and vaccine mandates must stay, Chief Health Officer says

Western Australia's Chief Health Officer Andy Robertson officially declares the state is past its peak in COVID-19 cases, but warns that scrapping face masks now could have a devastating impact.

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Labour headaches as WA jobless rate falls

Western Australia's unemployment rate has fallen to a national low of 3.4 per cent, its lowest level in 14 years with almost 1.5 million people now in work.

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Kimberley communities' clarion call for state support to combat COVID

Limited access to rapid antigen test kits, insufficient health services, a food shortage and overcrowding in homes has led Western Australia's remote Kimberley communities to say they feel 'abandoned' in the state government's response to remote COVID outbreaks.

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Western Australia's new COVID rules explained, from capacity limits to close contacts

Close contact rules are relaxed just in time for the Easter long weekend, with fewer capacity limits and the scrapping of check-in rules everywhere except hospitals.

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State of the states: six politics experts take us on a trip around Australia

Over the next six weeks, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Labor leader Anthony Albanese will dash around the country, trying to secure as many precious votes as they can.

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Expert says Western Australia's COVID-19 cases have peaked, but it's not out of the woods yet

As WA's seven-day average of new cases continues to decline, an epidemiologist says the state has passed its Omicron peak — but there are more challenges ahead, with fresh outbreaks and even future pandemics on the horizon.

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The poem as pantechnicon, the poet as polymath: John Kinsella's boundless creativity

University of Western Australia Publishing has just released the first of three volumes of John Kinsella’s Collected Poems.

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Where are the most marginal seats, and who might win them?

The map below shows the 2019 federal election results adjusted for redistributions in Victoria and Western Australia. Victoria gained a seat (Hawke), while WA lost one (Stirling). Hawke is a notional Labor seat, while Stirling was a Liberal seat, so Labor gained one notional seat by redistribution.

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Mass fish kill hits popular Coral Bay beaches on WA's Ningaloo Coast

Locals get to work cleaning an estimated 16,000 dead fish from beaches on Western Australia's Ningaloo coastline, after the state's largest fish kill in more than a decade.

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WA Health launches school holiday COVID-19 vaccination blitz as state records 6,566 new cases

Western Australia's Health Minister, Amber-Jade Sanderson, says up to 30 children a day are presenting to Perth Children's Hospital with COVID-19, prompting the state's school holiday vaccination blitz.

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COVID creates two-speed economy and 'exacerbates' Western Australia's lack of economic diversity

Western Australia's path through the pandemic creates a two-speed economy and that's bad news for business owners like Edward Schimmel.

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WA unmoved on masks as COVID-19 cases drop

Western Australia's premier has declined to say when face mask mandates will be removed as COVID-19 case numbers continue to steadily decline in the state.

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Scarborough gas venture wins key approvals

The Commonwealth-Western Australian Joint Authority has granted Woodside key approvals for the massive LNG Scarborough Project off the coast of Karratha.

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Tensions over WA ambulance response delays

Ambulance response times and ramping have blown out in Western Australia, with paramedics isolating after being exposed to COVID-19 infections.

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St John WA struggling to meet demand as COVID cases place health system under pressure

Western Australia's ambulance service is forced to dispatch less experienced staff to respond to call-outs as the pandemic places increasing pressure on the health system, prompting the Health Minister to question St John's approach.

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Santos secures licence for Dorado oil find

A major new oil project off Western Australia is a significant step for fuel security at a time of intense international volatility, the government says.

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With WA’s budget surplus surging, its GST share is also skyrocketing as the federal election looms

WA's budget surplus is forecast to be an eye-watering $8 billion, yet it will soon receive more than $4 billion in extra GST revenue. While critics label the situation "scandalous", neither party seems willing to upset the apple cart on the eve of a federal election.

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